Yesterday was a rough day.
Dad was very cold, yet profusely sweating. His vision was very blurry, he struggled with a great deal of nausea and some other troubling symptoms. Without going into further details, he essentially 'passed out' when they attempted to sit him up. The nurse contacted the trauma team and they immediately pushed a bolus of sodium chloride and increased his oral fluids. All of these symptoms, are a result of extremely low blood pressure known as orthostatic hypotension. They continued to push fluids the rest of the day, and by 9 PM last night, they had his blood pressure up to 98 over 52.
Friday afternoon, we noticed that his right ankle was badly swollen and bruised. It had been causing him pain that still had not gotten any better as the week went on. They elevated it, applied ice, and by yesterday, there still was no improvement. Yet another Ortho doctor ordered an x-ray for this morning. Mom is fascinated by the number of Ortho doctors and residents.
This morning, he was able to eat all of his breakfast. They are still pushing IV fluids to stabilize his blood pressure. We are still concerned with his lungs, as we were yesterday. Ortho confirmed a fractured fibula.
Stay tuned,
Dan's Dozen
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